Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pathology
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A Case of Pheochromocytoma with Associated Cushing’s Syndrome

Mariam Gachechiladze^1*, Tomas Tichy¹, Ivo Uberall¹, Daniela Skanderova¹, Frysak Zdenek², Tudos Zbynek³, Filip Ctvrtlik³ and Josef Skarda¹

¹Department of Clinical and Molecular Pathology, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

²Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology and Endocrinology, Faculty Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

³Department of Neurology, Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Received Date: Sep 09, 2019 / Published Date: Jul 28, 2023

Citation: Gachechiladze M, Tichy T, Uberall I, Skanderova D, Zdenek F, et al. (2023) A Case of Pheochromocytoma with Associated Cushing’s Syndrome. J Clin Exp Pathol 13: 455.

Copyright: © 2023 Gachechiladze M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Cushing’s syndrome is rarely caused by high levels of ectopic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) secretion and only few cases caused by pheochromocytoma are described in the literature. Cushing’s syndrome caused by ectopic ACTH secretion from pheochromocytoma. Here we present a case of 38-year-old woman with cushing’s syndrome due to benign pheochromocytoma. Diagnosis was based on clinical examination and standard histopathological and immunohistochemical investigation.